Lieşti, Galaţi

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
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timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Lieşti

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official_name=Lieşti
subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Galaţi County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Commune
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leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Mişu Nicolae
|leader_party=Social Democratic Party
area_total_km2=89.12
population_as_of=2005
population_total=11138|latd=45|latm=48|lats=24|latNS=N|longd=27|longm=30|longs=33|longEW=E|
website= [http://www.liesti.oopis.ro www.liesti.oopis.ro]

Lieşti (IPA|/lieshtʲ/) is a commune in eastern Romania, the largest commune of Galaţi County, on the confluence of the Siret and Bârlad rivers, very close to Tecuci (28 km) and Galaţi (52 km). It is composed from the villages of Lieşti and Şerbăneşti, which is the southernmost part of the commune and which also includes the seat of the local mayor.

Name

The name of the commune appears to have derived from "Ilie", which means "Elijah", probably a local, which seams to be the brother of Şerban, the "father" of Şerbăneşti.

History

The first mention of the village dates from 1448, when in the prince of Moldavia, Petru II, who gives as a gift to the local nobleman Cernat Ploscarul and to his brother, Ştefu, 40 villages and fields among which appear Lieşti and Şerbăneşti.

Tourist sights

Lieşti has some fine Eastern Orthodox churches - St. Parascheva (c. 1886), Dormition of the Virgin (1889), and St. Nicolas (built after 1990)- the seat of the Protopopiate (vice-bishopric) of Nicoreşti.Other attractions include the acacia forests near the village (especially in May) and the picturesque valleys of the rivers Siret and Barlad.

Education

Lieşti has four schools: One which teaches until the tenth grade, and three that teach until the eighth grade. Lieşti also has 4 kindergartens and a 14,000 volume public library.

Economy

The village has a sugar factory (Lemarco Bucharest), but the majority of the population works in local agriculture or in siderurgy at the Siderurgical Combinate Mittal Steel from Galaţi. Beginning around 2000, many people from the region have gone to work in Italy or Spain, where wages are better.

External links

* [http://www.liesti.oopis.ro Lieşti website]
* [http://www.liesti.trei.ro Lieşti portal]